What specific projects has the Brahma Kumaris contributed in bringing UN programmes to the masses worldwide?
The Brahma Kumaris has initiated and implemented global projects to help raise awareness of the significance of the UN on people’s lives: • The Million Minutes of Peace Appeal, held in observance of the International Year of Peace, in 1986. Brahma Kumaris centres in seven countries received Peace Messenger Awards for their significant contribution. • Global Co-operation for a Better World, a peace messenger initiative, was a follow-up to the work done during 1986 and reached out to people in 129 countries, asking them for their vision of a better world. This was compiled in a book entitled, “Visions of a Better World.” • Sharing Our Values for a Better World, a programme to honour the UN 50th Anniversary, in which people were asked to identify values that gave meaning to the lives of people in their country. A book entitled “Living Values: A Guidebook” was dedicated to the UN 50. • International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence. The university signed a partnership agreeme
